MORE ON HELLER: “WASHINGTON will become a safer place to live and work, thanks to yesterday’s Supreme Court ruling against DC’s absolute ban on handguns. The court ruled that the Second Amendment’s guarantee of the right to bear arms is an individual right, striking down one of the nation’s toughest anti-gun laws. As someone who lived in DC when it imposed its ban 32 years ago, I say it’s about time.”

UPDATE: More thoughts from Randy Barnett in the Wall Street Journal. Title: “News Flash: The Constitution Means What It Says.”